SB 799 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: parental access to health records of minors.

SB 799 modifies parental access to minors' health records. It requires parents to obtain written consent from minors aged 14 or older before accessing their health records, unless the minor is developmentally disabled (where consent isn't required). The bill also restricts access for parents who caused child protection cases (e.g., abuse/neglect), denying them access to health records if their child was placed under child protection services due to their actions. This applies specifically to health records covered under statutes related to patient care and treatment.

Issues: ✗ Healthcare

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Feb 2026

Vetoed

Apr 2026

Introduced Dec 22, 2025 Vetoed Apr 6, 2026

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Bill Text → Text as Enrolled · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized as 'Text as Enrolled' with significant substantive additions compared to the draft version. The most critical change is the addition of a new section granting parents access to electronic versions of a minor's medical records accessible via the Internet, which was not present in the draft. Additionally, the bill was amended to include changes to police and fire department management policies for first-class cities, expanding its scope beyond just parental health record access.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include management policies for police and fire departments of first-class cities, in addition to parental access to health records.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement that health care providers must grant parents access to any electronic version of a minor's patient health care records that is accessible via the Internet.

Updated the statute regarding parents denied physical placement to explicitly reference access to patient health care records under specific sections.

SCOPE

Added provisions regarding the suspension or modification of police and fire department management policies for first-class cities.

Floor votes · Assembly Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 6, 2026

Vetoed

Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

upper

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Pfaff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

upper

Feb 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 54, Noes 41

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Introduced

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee on Rules

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Amendment 1 adopted

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 3 was not germane well taken

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 2 was not germane well taken

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Point of order that Senate Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Senators Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall and Wirch

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Introduced

Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

upper

Jan 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2

upper

Dec 22, 2025

Introduced

Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Jacque and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Behnke, Dittrich, Kreibich, Murphy, Nedweski, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors